president trump blasting senator al franken in a series of tweets after a news anchor came forward sayingd kissed her. >> and president trump won't say anything about alabama senate candidate, roy moore, that is accused of molesting a girl when she was 14. we want to begin live on capitol hill. >> reporter: it was absolutely chaotic when news broke about al franken yesterday and people scrambling trying to figure out what was going on and we now have two parties embroiled in sexual misconduct and abuse, and president trump has not spoke out about roy moore about his own allegations and troubles because of the topic, if you will, around the own allegations of the president himself, yet at the same time he has not been able to resist commenting publicly about democratic senator, al franken. president trump going after senator al franken over this 2006 photo, showing the democrat groping the radio host while she slept. this taken before he was elected. in a series of late night tweets, the president calling the picture really bad, and speculating about where else franken's hands may have gon

al franken was famous famous.ot famous calling "the new york post" and trying to get himself on page six because he was just some rich guy desperate in the news. he was famous famous on "saturday night live," made movies. by the time it happened in 2006, he had best selling books including one that bill o'reilly tried to sue him for. he was on air america radio. a radio star for people on the left who are listening to the liberal radio network. he was a celebrity. and he was acting in the way that too many people with that kind of fame behave and the celebrity propelled him into politics. he was elected in part because he was famous. they're very analogous men but the difference is when you're a man if you're trying to be a man and man up in in that sense of the word, when you are wrong, when you have committed wrong against someone else, the thing to do, if you're a christian, let's say, i don't know what his religion is, you admit it. donald trump isn't capable of doing that. so i mean, he isn't half as capable

caller: al franken, this is something that al franken did before.uy said just like i said, this was not a child. -- like i said, this was not a child. this is someone he apologized to, and the person accepted his apology. if you look on the republican side, if you look at donald trump and you look at this guy, roy moore, they will sit up there and deny it, hide behind the bible, and then the people will sit there and back them. i don't understand this. this only happens -- i would not only -- say "only" -- but this happens only in the south. you have rush limbaugh and sean hannity and these people feeding this garbage, and people see it to hate the government, and russia is playing right on this. this is the reason we are becoming divided. host: thank you for the call. if we cut you off -- and again, i do not remember -- only if you crossed the line, if there is a derogatory statement that is made or using one of the swear words, that would be the reason. thank you very much. from wilson, north carolina. -- its michael who says is all a political ca

only one on al franken.suggest that this white house and specifically this president hasn't weighed in, is inaccurate and wrong. >> i don't reporters for asking about the inconsistency there. she said they are sticking to their guns and won't comment. i don't blame the reporters for asking. >> they have to ask the question. the answer is consistent with how they handle things. she has to do her job under the direction of the president. he speaks his own mind. his tweets speak for themselves. he commented on one and not on other. this appears to be an inconency. the distinction with the al franken case, when you look at the fact and the evidence in front of you, there is an actual picture that showed what transpired. he admitted and apologizeded. it's less of a due process issue as to what happened and so many years ago. it's more compelling evidence. >> that was one of the things, juan, that came up in the briefing. the question that al franken apologized for allegations against others are still allegations.

the topic is al franken. go ahead. caller: i think that al franken, being a little bit different, might be a breath of fresh air. but the thing i have seen -- and i am 70 years old now. i have voted for both republicans and democrats and i have been disappointed in both of them. i would hope that the american people for the most part would start thinking of themselves more as independents. if we allow one party complete control, we are asking for disaster. don't forget, the problems we got some economically and the wars, were caused by most of these congress people and only two reasons -- they are either enact or corrupt or a combination. and the longer they are in congress, the more chances they have of being corrupt. i have never seen anything any different in my life. so if you consider yourself a republican or a democrat, you are really narrowing your choices. host: thank you. erin mcpike. guest: one thing i will say to that is indeed there are more independents after this last election. i think voters are trying t

not yet for al franken. what do we know about those, first of all, the conyers investigation, where is that at? why hasn't the al franken ethics investigation started yet? >> as far as the conyers investigation is concerned, the house committee on ethics says that is open. people are saying these things can take a very long time and they're calling for the ethics committee to do this quickly and not in their slow pace that normally happens. as far as the senate ethics committee and al franken, democrats and republicans and even al franken has said, okay, please open an ethics investigation and i will cooperate. and we will see how that progresses. how quickly that progresses. it will be interesting to see what al franken says tomorrow. what he tells reporters. he's always been quite shy with the national press in the past year. so, after he won re-election he's been more open with national reporters. we'll see if he takes questions. i know that there's going to be press surrounding him, trying to ask him any

the first calls are growing right now at a fast speed for senator al franken to resign be amid allegationsng and harassment. the calls started with seven female democratic senators and now more than more are doing the same. senator franken is expected to make some kind of announcement tomorrow. we'll stand by for that. >>> you're also looking live at the white house right now. where in moments, president trump will make a historic announcement that is expected to send some serious shock waves throughout the middle east. president trump is expected to direct the state department to begin the controversial process of moving the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. and recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel. in doing so, the united states would become the only country with an embassy in jerusalem. in fact, 86 countries currently have their embassies in tel aviv and none in jerusalem. the city was divided in the 1948 war which led to israel's independence. israel ended that war in 1949 with control over west jerusalem and jordan with control over east jerusalem. in the 1967 wars, i

this is the al franken resignation.s is where democrats will have claimed to have hit the reset button because they have to do something with the whole past with bill clinton, teddy kennedy. we can sit here for a long time and talk about all the predators up to the top ranks of the democratic party that have existed. so now they try to establish themselves as going through a real house cleaning here. they are saying we are willing to do what's necessary. look at those republicans. the narrative going in to the mid terms now especially if roy moore wins is going to be the republicans protect predators. the republicans won't protect women. that has ramifications all the way to the next presidential candidate kamala harris. >> sandra: cut you off we are looking at al franken after resigning just moments ago. there he is. a wobbly camera. they are trying to get that live shot of him leaving the capitol right now after speaking on the senate floor resigning just a few moments ago. let's listen. >> make a pathway, guys: keep

i want to know what al franken has done over the last six years. this did not just our with isis, it started in 2008 and 2009 with al-shabaab. it was not until a couple of weeks ago the al franken said a letter to the attorney general. a letter. i mean, after this has been going on for multiple years! that is a date late and a dollar short, as my daddy's essay. i will fight for minnesota's, i will fight for your security, and i'm will make your world a safer place. >> thank you, senator franken? , andis is a barbaric group they need to be degraded and destroyed. they pose a threat not just to the region, but to us. equip the train and moderate rebels in syria, i ,upport the bombing in syria and isis does not observe the border between syria and iraq, and we should not either. let us talk about this terrorist recruiting. devastatingedibly to the families. there are about two handfuls, about 10 or 12 minnesota to have been recruited to iraq and to syria. minnesotans who have been recruited to iraq and to syria. in 2009, we knew that al-shabaab was rec

roy moore and al franken should step down.al franken, you have these photographs to show his actions. it's just inappropriate. >> sandra: we know al franken says he doesn't exactly remember that situation the same as his accuser. but he has apologized for it. there are calls for an investigation here. >> i think it should be investigated. of course, whatever his recollection, that picture is a picture. >> sandra: all right. as we await roy moore, he is about to speak at any moment. what should happen next there? >> i think roy moore should step aside. i mean, listen, there are enough allegations here and clarity of claims of these women that he should step aside. that would be the best thing for the state of alabama and our country. >> sandra: congressman, what is the chatter there on capitol hill? amid these recent allegations. we know the senate is taking steps to address some of these concerns in the house, speaker paul ryan just put out a memo talking about training, identifying sexual harassment. i guess my question is, i

al franken's political future is up in the air. his accuser said that decision is up to his constituents. >> i didn't do this to have him step down. i think he does a lot of good things in the senate. that's for the people of minnesota to decide. >> in the halls of congress, they are reminiscent of the bill clinton years. some democrats say the way their party dealt with misconduct allegations is coming back to haunt them. >> i wish it was over and the country would move on. >> have any of the four of you say these allegations must be addressed soon? >> no. no. >> the house had a big victory on tax reform, but the senate bill is in trouble. they said it would raise taxes on american families. >> you will admit now for the sake of this discussion that some americans under this republican plan will be paying more in taxes, correct? >> there will be people who make more than $1 million in high tax states that will be paying more. >> if you at home are feeling a bit overwhelmed by the cascade of consequential news this week, you are no

what al franken was clearly quite bad. what moore is accused of is some kind of sexual interaction with a minor. >> a woman says that he molested her when he was 14. that's important to say. >> right. several other women have made accusations about his behavior. that's pretty egregious, and the president has not used his twitter feed to weigh in on that. that's where he puts his own team in a bad place. >> but here's the paradox kul lesson we are getting during this watershed moment, when you own up to it and admit it or apologize and give some acknowledgment, let's look at k kevin spacey, and harvey weinstein, you lose your job and your movies are taken down and you are edited out of things, when you say they are all liars and never admitted, you are elected president. roy moore has a model he could follow and seems to be following the i want to win this one model. >> yes and no. a, i think there's something about molesting a minor that i think goes well beyond as bad as the accusations about the president were back in th

he's up on capitol hill with more allegations against senator al franken. his accuser tells cnn she believes his apology is heartfelt but the senator is in hot water right now up on capitol hill. >> reporter: no doubt about that, wolf. senator franken stayed out of the public eye today and even avoided contact with his fellow democratic senators. this, despite the fact that not one member of the u.s. senate has called for him to resign. franken is still facing a serious ethics investigation, one supported by republicans and democrats. tonight, al franken, a democratic senator and former "saturday night live" comedian, is facing a senate ethics communication after claims by a radio host and former model that franken groped and forcibly kissed her during a trip to entertain troops overseas with the uso back in 2006 before franken was a senator. >> i was so angry. i was in disbelief, really, and i just sort of -- to this day, i talk about it and my hand clinches into is a fist and my initial reaction is that i wanted to hit him. >> reporter: she describes how f

it will be a democrat who replaces al franken.y argument that his vote is not just doesn't wash. who resigns in a couple of weeks? all i'm saying is he did it in this matter -- >> i -- >> hang on. i want to finish. he did it in this manner so as to leave the door absolutely ajar. that's my thought. >> go ahead, kerri. >> so what i'm saying is i believe that if it wasn't early december, the resignation might be happening more immediately. this is how i'm interpreting it. senator franken has not said anything more specific about this. so michael might be right. we're at the end of the year. i think senator franken is indicating to us that he will pack up his things and be out of washington by the end of 2017 and that governor dayton has some time to make this decision. although it sounds like from the governors office he will make a decision about who will step in the next few days. i think we will have news on that fairly quickly. >> michael, that's how i heard it. i'm listen to go both your points. this is sudden. up until yesterd

what about al franken? now they can say we took out al franken. the other point i would make is if you listen to that speech yesterday from al franken, he said something important, which might be a model for other people, which is i came out initially and tried to be respectful of the accusations against me. and people took that as some admission of guilt. so what if he had come out and said this is ridiculous, that picture was a joke, grow up. get over it. we were having fun, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. a lot of people wouldn't have taken that picture as fun, obviously. but my point being the position of i respect all these accusations, i'm willing to listen, i'm sorry if anybody was offended may not be one people use going forward because this is what happens in the end. >> i've got to say also, mika, we've talked about this before. we probably have -- i don't know, 10,000 pictures taken? >> yeah. >> where you're standing in line and everything. >> yeah. >> maybe more than that. it's nonstop. people come up. they want their pictures, da, da

i will not comment until we hear from al franken has to say.nk it's an important conversation for us to be having nationally and i think it's important for the private sector in business to understand that sexual harassment is not acceptable and it's important for the public sector, and i am pleased that "time" magazine recognized those women that came forward to blow the whistle. >> the silence breakers, as they named that person of the year. you co-sponsored legislation last year, and the sexual assault survivors act and signed into law by president obama. do you believe the women that have come forward accusing senator franken? >> i believe -- well, again, because this matter is still pending i probably should not comment. certainly there are a lot of women that have come forward making various accusations that i think are very credible. >> senator john conyers stepped down from the house of representatives this week, and senator al franken may announce his resignation in two hours, yet the republican party is backing roy moore, and the pres

this accusation coming after yet another woman tv host leann twee den accused then commedian al franken, not a senator at the time, of groping her while she slept during a tour. as documented of course by a photo you're looking at on the screen and also claims that franken kissed her without consent in a separate incident on that same tour back in 2006. now al franken issued an apology after she came forward, but has yet to respond to morgan's accusations. here to weigh in is actor and republican california congressional candidate antonio sabato jr.. thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure thank you for having me charles. >> charles: i saw early on one of the tweets that caught my eye was also a tweet from you where you said senator al franken kissed and i'm sorry, okay, groped without my consent and there's nothing funny about it. we're going to build your tweet and put it on the screen but you immediately had really strong feelings about this. why did you have them so quickly and feel the need to express them so quickly? >> well, because we're not surprised about this guy. al franken, c

let's go to harris faulkner. >> a fox news alert, we are awaiting democratic senator al franken. returning to work today on capitol hill for the first time since being hit with those sexual misconduct allegations, four women on the list of those accusing him of groping and other activities. franken told the minnesota "star tribune" yesterday that he is embarrassed and ashamed by his past behavior and is pledging to work to regain the trust of women and his constituents. i'm harris faulkner. among the other things, we knew yesterday that he would be giving this press avail just in his home state of minnesota. among the other things he responded to, he was asked whether he would face more groping allegations and he answered "i don't know." what will he say? when he steps up to the microphone moments from now. joining us is chief congressional coast do not correspond at on capitol hill. more has happened with regard to people reacting to some of the words i just read yesterday. >> he did some local media interviews, trying to make sure things are solid back home, apologizing to his c

and al franken. a different opinion whether franken should go?> i respectfully disagree with michelle and i think we are actually in a situation where it's very important to make distinctions among different degrees of perpetrators here. some conduct is worse than others. roy moore's, i'm not even going to say alleged conduct. i believe the women. roy moore's conduct is worth than al franken's conduct. the consequences, you know, in the criminal law, consequences, everybody doesn't get the death penalty for every crime. everybody should not get the dealt penalty for the sin and wrong of sexual harassment. we don't -- we don't know enough at this point that he did enough bad things that he should leave. even if it would be more convenient for democrats if he did. >> making for heavy thanksgiving conversation. stay with us. stick with us if you can. right here coming up, howed ba is the mueller probe becoming for this white house? some new details are ahead. hey, man. oh! nice man cave! nacho? [ train whistle blows ] what?! -stop it! -mm-hmm. we've

as we wait to see about al franken and conyers. >> we know about al franken.en he comes to -- he mentioned the civil court. if his accuser doesn't press charges, she was satisfied with his apology at the time, i don't think that the carte blanche standard. i do do think we have to remember you don't need white people to uphold white supremacy and you don't always need men to uphold pat tri archy. you have women upholding -- we can think about the governor of alabama, i believe these women and tease charges are serious and i believe them, but i will also vote for him on december 12th which is problematic. >> hugh, we got 30 seconds left. how could these guys at this point be effective lawmakers when you have al franken and john conyers still there, you have a possible roy moore who could win this election on december 12th and then be a member of the senate. how could you be an effective lawmaker when you have all of this hanging over your head? it seems to me like it would be a complete distraction. >> different cases, i can't see roy moore ever making a contri

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let's discuss this as we wait for al franken.al correspondent dana bash, political reporter rebecca berg and senior white house correspondent jeff zeleny here with me as well. dana, it had been a big question throughout yesterday and into this morning, of what was al franken going to announce? it seems we do know now there was a lot of conversations in front of cameras but also behind the scenes leading up to this. your thoughts? >> yeah. a lot of conversations. we're hearing more and more about the private conversations and pleas from senator franken's colleagues from senator schumer at the top of the democratic hierarchy in the senate on down to senator franken, senator schumer even had senator franken and his wife at senator schumer's apartment to discuss the possibility and even probability of senator franken saying that he will step aside. this happened yesterday. now we are told that is going to happen and senator franken is going to make a speech on the senate floor, you're looking at, in just a few moments, announcing his

>> well, the difference between senator franken and john conniers is al franken is add middle that his mistakes and taking responsibility, john conyers is saying he has -- nyi. we have additional sound from senator franken where he talks about the allegations where he touched women's behinds while taking pictures. let's go ahead and play that and i'll come to you on the other side. >> i take pictures with thousands of people. i would never intentionally do that and so -- but that does not negate -- my intention isn't what is important. what is important is we have to listen to women and respect what they say. >> so al franken draws a fine line there. he talks about his intention, he didn't do it intentionally but as you heard he says that is not important. he draws the focus back to the feelings of the women who were at the receiving end of this and says that is the most important. i will say over the course of the past week after these allegations came out, senator al franken has received support from women. first he received a letter -- there was a letter that came out from about a d

al franken is the second democratic politician to resign over this. but on the republican side, the case of roy moore, who wants to join the ranks here, is being handled very differently. senator franken: i of all people am aware that there is some irony in the fact that i am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits in the oval office, and a man who has repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the senate with the full support of his party. rajini: a reference there to roy moore, who is running for senate in the state of alabama, and who is accused of sexual misconduct dating back several decades, including an allegation he sexually abused an underage girl. roy moore: i do not know any of these women, did not take any of that date -- date any of these women, did not engage in any sexual misconduct. rajini: president trump is endorsing him, and he has a good chance of winning next week's elections. it is a sign of just how split politics and the country is over sexual harassment. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc

untenable situation for al franken.is clearly a political calculation because the democrats admirably have to say we have moral clarity when it comes to condemning roy moore. >> do they have moral clarity if they do it to achieve a political purpose? >> they are trying to make that contrast clear. here's the larger problem. it is not just the president. it is also about the alleged. six women have come out. incidents occurred primarily before al franken was senator. that's an interesting question about what is the statute of limitations. >> but not all, right? >> the majority of them seem to be before. his radio show, uso tours. i'm unaware of any directly. >> i'll check. >> so that's an issue. the other thing is as we confront this problem, it's a cultural problem as a country. it affects all industries apparently, i do think we want to keep disteupbinct, harvey weinstein, the roy moore bucket. and sort of the al franken bucket and programs the george h.w. bush bucket. to lump them all together does a disservice. >> th

in the case of al franken, here is what we have. he admitted to some of it coming as we have irrefutable photographic evidence. let me explain, actress, model, radio host leeann tweeden has been on the show many times, coming together today with stunning allegations on al franken that he is now admitting to. and now apologizing for. according to tweeden, during a 2006 tour in afghanistan then citizen al franken had written a skit where he kissed tweeden and he wanted to rehearse a backstage, after tweeden refused, she described what allegedly happens next at a press conference earlier today. watch this. >> he just put his hand on the back ofed my head and he matched his face -- it happened so fast, and he mashed his lips againsten my face and he stuck his tongue in my mouth so fast, and all i can remember is that his lips were really wet and it was slimy and in my mind i called him fish lips the rest of the trip, because that is what it reminded me of, i don't know why, but he stuck his tongue down my mouth and i remember i pushed h

al franken himself. >> judge jeanine: first, don't tell me al franken apologized because he didn't.ed for taking a photo. there is evidence. his hans are on that woman's breast. don't tell me is a great guy. said forgive me afollow guides. he didn't apologize for anything. the evidence is there. go ahead, chris -- charlie, go ahead. >> one final thought on, this it's important to note that if hillary clinton was president, thanksgiving thankful she isn't. if she was president none of this stuff would come out. the media wouldn't be publishing exposes on harvey weinstein. he was a top democratic fundraiser. these people are no longer politically relevant to the media or the democratic party. so now they are able to expose all this stuff. if hillary clinton won the election. they would not be doing this sort of soul searching. they would be protecting the same behavior that's been going on in the democratic party for 20 or 30 years. >> that might be true, inhope that's not true. >> judge jeanine: hang on austan, donna brazile today said hillary clinton should hit the campaign trail fo

tonight, al franken, a democratic senator and former "saturday night live" comedian is facing a senate ethics investigation after claims by a radio host and former model that franken groped and forcibly kissed her during a trip to entertain troops overseas with the uso back in 2006. before franken was a senator. >> i just remember, i almost punched him because every time i see him now, my hands clench into fists. >> reporter: the accuser is a radio host in los angeles. in a lengthy blog post, she describes how franken asked her to rehearse a skit he planned that included a kiss. she says she repeatedly turned him down, but after his badgering, she relented. he came at me. put his hand on the back of my head. mashed his lips against mine and aggressively stuck his tongue in my mouth. franken was nowhere to be seen on thursday. he skipped votes on the floor, and then initially released a brief statement where he apologized, but qualified the apology by writing quote, i certainly don't remember the rehearsal for the skit in the same way. tweeden shared this photo of franken groping her br

al franken, i'm sorry.e have to get rid of all of them, dan. >> well, yes, bingo, 100% correct. you scored on that one, but, yes, we do have to get rid of all of them. democrats are obsessed with power. moral and ethics go out the window. one other thing, the reason they always attack conservatives but they give liberal friends a pass is liberals thinks conservativing are bad people attached to ideas, conservatives thinks liberals are people attach today bad ideas. >> all right. does al franken step down tomorrow yes or no? >> he better, he should. >> dan, thanks so much. and the southern border on horseback, my exclusive trip is >> today family and friends and fellow law enforcement officers lay to rest border patrol agent rogelio martÍnez who died on duty at the mexican border. he was found with head trauma and broken bones in an incident that could have been an ambition and is still being investigated by law enforcement. you may remember i recently visited the southern border in arizona and exposed just

i joined all minnesotans in congratulating al franken. sure, i wanted to win, not just myself but for the wonderful supporters who worked so hard and prayed so hard and put some much into this effort. and for the important values i always fought for. i also thought it was important to stand up for enfranchising thousands of minnesota and whose votes were not counted as others. issues and politicians come and go, but voting is fundamental. we knew we needed to do everything we could to get it right. i am forever grateful and humbled that the people of minnesota gave me the honor to represent them. even more grateful for the wisdom, courage, patience and understanding. host: it was a unanimous ruling. 32-page ruling. the court said he failed to show state election officials were in error. what you see is the secretary of state in minnesota signing the election certificate for democrat al franken. this was in st. paul yesterday. governor pawlenty said he will certify the results. "the washington times" next to this photo, a little background

senate debate between al franken and republican challenger mike mcfadden. thing we've heard a lot in this campaign and viewers have seen this in your political ads over and over again. you have repeatedly criticized senator franken in your ads for voting with president obama 97% of the time. you promise if you're elected if you vote 97% of your time with your party, you won't run again. what is the proper percentage, 96%, 95%? how about 90? how about 88%? what's your percentage? >> it shows independent leadership. i won't be a rubber stamp for any president. it's an issue because i believe that this president is leading us in the wrong direction. i believe that most minnesota residents believe that and al franken has been a rubber stamp for the president. i haven't met anybody in minnesota that agrees with another person 97% of the time. he don't even agree with my wife 97% of the time. what's a good% ath -- percentage? >> pat, let me tell you something. let me share something with you. america is broken right now. congress is not working. it's not working.

democrats spoke out quickly. >> distancing themselves from al franken saying they support the ethics tee investigation going forward. when i put the question to democratic senators whether or not they believe it could lead to the expulsion of franken, they did not rule it out. >> very disappointed. i support an ethics investigation in this the type of conduct. >> do you think it could lead to his expulsion? >> i wouldn't want to prejudge anything at this point. >> you can't shut the door on expulsion? >> an investigation will take it up through proper procedures. don't prejudge it. i think the right place to address it is ethics committee. >> that is rare to expel a senator. to do so, you need support of two thirds of the senate to get to that point. they are pointing to ethics committee. they are also doing something else, giving away donations they have received from him over the years. when i talked to the top democratic senator who runs the senate democratic campaign, chris van hollen, he says they are going to cut off al franken going forward. consider giving up his donations. it

poor al franken, my god. i feel so terrible. he is so embarrassed, so ashamed, and goodness gracious. give me a break. look, the problem with people and congress is that they believe that they as 1 of 535 members are so important. al franken has obviously lost the thread here. he would be replaced by a democrat. the governor's democrat come at the state is highly democratic. al franken has been an unremarkable senator in every way except for the recent instances with the backside of his constituents. somehow, al franken was to tell us that he must remain in the united states senate, even though it hurts his party, even though it hurts the process of democrats trying to get up at 42018. all that stuff, al franken has lost the tether here. >> dana: he will dig in. what about nancy pelosi, who is on the sunday show yesterday on "meet the press" ." unfortunately for her, it really came out with a bizarre way to defend representative john conyers of michigan. >> and i can't connect the iconic john conyers? this was -- we heard a lot

she is here to share her claims about how al franken stalked and harassed her after a joint tv appearance we're also joined by brian malone, also of the media equalizer duo who has been investigating franken's past for us. good to see both of you tonight. melanie, i want to start with you. are you really surprised by this story by ms. tweeden tonight? she is still, by the way, likes and respects al franken. i should add that. but given your own experience, are you surprised and then tell us what your experience was. >> i'm not surprised at all, laura. first of all, i would just like to say that i'm here with you tonight without a lawyer wearing a red coat with a box of kleenex and a bucket of tears. i'm here because a true story that i want to share with you. it is a story of harassment and intimidation that took place 17 years ago in 2000. august 19th of 2,000 is when i was invited to appear on the bill maher show politically incorrect before it moved over to hbo abc. i was one of the panelists one of the guests. i was the token conservative and al franken was the liberal along with form

when you think about al franken. when you think about judge roy moore and you think about all of these situations, there are different and all have due process. people need to be able to have time to talk about it and process it. we certainly will not be able to do that today and seven minutes on a sunday show. but i do think it's important we end up talking about this yet uncomfortable, having uncomfortable conversations and send this type of behavior is unacceptable. >> let me ask about one other person and if he should be held accountable. that is the president who has had very little to say about the judge roy moore case. when it comes to al franken and that picture, he weighed in on that. the picture of al franken appearing to grope his accuser. the president sent out this week, the frankenstein picture -- on the other hand when they noted that the president faces his own allegations from a bunch of women about him allegedly groping them, this is what a spokeswoman said. >> i think in one case specifically, sena

we have the picture of al franken, yes.ve the audio of donald trump on the "access hollywood" tape bragging about groping women -- >> you're talking about roy moore. you're talking about roy moore. you've condemned roy moore. now you're condemning -- you're going to that one? which one is it? >> no. i'm talking about the president. he is condemning al franken. he is the one that -- >> no. roy moore is the question. the question is why should roy moore be condemned by the president when nothing -- when no one has proven -- all that's been said is allegations 40 years old against a man that's new. >> if i may. i think that if we want to look at the words -- first of all, i was the one last night that sat beside you and said that al franken should resign and said that ethics committee is where complaints go do die -- >> yes. good job. you were right. >> -- because that is a fact. i was also the same person who said that roy moore doesn't deserve to be in the united states senate -- >> you're wrong. >> -- and donald trump does

al franken was famous famous.ing "the new york post" and trying to get himself on page six because he was just some rich guy desperate in the news. he was famous famous on "saturday night live," made movies. by the time it happened in 2006, he had best selling books including one that bill o'reilly tried to sue him for. he was on air america radio. a radio star for people on the left who are listening to the liberal radio network. he was a celebrity. and he was acting in the way that too many people with that kind of fame behave and the celebrity propelled him into politics. he was elected in part because he was famous. they're very analogous men but the difference is when you're a man if you're trying to be a man and man up in in that sense of the word, when you are wrong, when you have committed wrong against someone else, the thing to do, if you're a christian, let's say, i don't know what his religion is, you admit it. donald trump isn't capable of doing that. so i mean, he isn't half as capable or a tenth of

the president tweeted about al franken in that photo suggesting he groped leeann tweeden. aid that picture is really bad. the president added about a separate comedy skit where franken suggested another journalist should be raped. those attacks opened the doors for reporters to press sarah sanders about this. >> the american people spoke loud and clear when they elected this president. >> how is this different? >> i think in one case, specifically, senator franken admitted wrongdoing and the president hasn't. that's a clear distinction. >> sanders noted the president has expressed support for the republican national committee pulling campaign money for moore. >> shannon: thank you very much. president trump tweeted on his administration's controversial decision to allow the importation of african elephant trophies. angers republicans, democrats and environmentalists. it looks like the pressure ad up because the president tweeted i will put this on hold. will update soon. thank you. coming up. so much for diversity. a cuban-american lawmaker blocked from joining the hispanic

ed look to go back -- i ould like to go back to the subject of al franken. ly reason they are calling for resign is because they caused the black congressman to esign and the way democrats spoke is white supremacists. rid of have to get franken because the blacks are cane about it. that is the whole truth there. ost: i will give you a chance to respond. guest: no one likes to shut down government. hat is not a physically responsible move to take. o, just as today the president will meet with leadership of the house and senate it talk about so i'm hopeful and heads imistic that cool will prevail and we can keep the government open. not goodith you, it is for anybody and hurts a lot of people. of your question had to do with israel -- al franken. the thing i think we need to like any f this, just other ememployment location in the congress needs to have a safe, secure work every one for involved. e need to take positive steps to make sure that is the case. i will be working hard to make sure we do. host: what are some steps congress could attactake. is a house

giving al franken one of his trademark nicknames calling him al frankenstein, though, frankenstein spelled incorrectly in the tweet and referencing the notorious photo of senator franken appearing to grope leeann tweeden. let's look at the tweets. the al frankenstein picture is sad, speaks a thousands words where do his hand goss in pictures three, four, five, and six and the second tweet, last week he was lecturing anyone, meaning nor franken who would listen about sexual harassment and respect for women, lessy stahl tape, question mark. a reference to a new york magazine article in which al franken is quoted as joke about rape. on top of all of that the white house press secretary has said, among other things, that the white house believes there should be senate ethics committee investigation, but interesting enough, what the president has not talked about, is the roy moore case, the alabama senate candidate who has multiple allegations of misbehavior lodged against him there in the state and this continuing controversy. a lot of reasons for that, of course. the president certainly has n

howie: the president has weighed in on al franken. where do his hands go in pictures two, three, four, five and six while she sleeps? the question then becomes a lot of media including anchors have slammed the president for going after -- going after pal al fran but not roy moore. emily his response to franken was really quick. people want to believe their own people so they apply nuance. howie: here is what kate baldwin, a cnn news anchor had to say. >> this is officially become the president doesn't get to do this moment. he doesn't get to question al franken and stay silent on roy moore, and no one should allow it. howie: i don't know how we are not suppose to allow it. the president can say what he wants. is that a fair criticism he's speaking out at least on twitter? >> sure, that's open partisan favoritism around charges that are serious. howie: you have seen this more in the last 48 hours, sexual allegations against donald trump are being resurrected. and bill clinton. >> i didn't see the trump angle being reintroduced until th

this is i think a bipartisan issue, whether roy moore or al franken. it's clear both of these men have no business being u.s. senators. the way they have operated, the way they have used their positions of power to basically go after women in a clearly inappropriate way i think that's beneath what we should be sending to washington. i don't think they have credibility, i don't think they have integrity to serve at this point, and i think society needs to send a very clear message that when you're in a position of power, whether you're a former comedian or a guy standing next to do ten commandments, the bottom line is we are not going to accept this any longer in the u.s. senate. so i hope democrats and republicans, at least on this issue, can come together and clearly say we are going to go after our own. i hope democrats demand that al franken step down, and i hope republicans at this point make it clear that roy moore should never spend a day in the u.s. senate. >> i want to be clear. what senator franking is accused of is absolutely horrible. he nee

and around the country. >> yup. >> los angeles radio host leann tweeden alleges senator al franken gropednd kissed her without consent. tweeden says the minnesota democratic forcibly kissed her during a 2006 uso tour. the host says franken posed for a photo with his hands on her breast as she slept and you see that picture on the right. the democratic lawmaker is apologizing. >> fox5's tom fitzgerald is live on capitol hill with the fallout and reaction to this. fitz. >> reporter: well, good evening, you know, this has been an explosive del supposed to be about tax cuts but a lot of conversation was about al franken. let's show that photograph again, the one in leann tweeden has now published herself. she says that she was completely unaware of this and only found this photograph on her camera after she returned from that trip. tweeden had a press conference in los angeles today and said this incident of the groping and kissing happened after franken insisted they rehearse a scene that he had written for a uso show. >> he just put his hand on the back of my head and he mashed his face aga

now, al franken, the other thing i want to say, though, people are saying, al franken admitted it. it's a picture. he doesn't get extra credit for admitting something we have photographic evidence of and in fact he didn't really admit the part of -- >> the forced kiss. >> even in his admission, sort of raising questions about it. it wasn't what he intended. and she's saying, no, you grabbed me and kiss med and sexual assaulted me. he actually hasn't completely admitted it. >> interesting. kaitlan, so interesting, president trump's advisers i know telling him don't weigh in on the roy moore affair, don't weigh in on the roy moore affair, knowing the minute he did all the questions would be just like the segment i just did, why believe these accusers and not believe these accusers? he just couldn't help him with al franken. >> right. he's held off so much on commenting about roy moore. he's been asked about it tirelessly disturbing his trip in asia. the only thing they said is the statement that sarah sanders put out the allegations, if true, are very troubling. >> if true. >> how do

senator al franken returned to work for the first time since four women accused him of groping. an interview, senator franken says the allegations have been embarrassing but he's rejecting calls to resign. >> i'm someone who hugs people. and i've learned from these stories that some of these encounters, i have crossed the line. i know i have a long way to go in terms of regaining the trust of people that i went down, and i know that isn't going to happen, not going to happen overnight. there aren't any magic words i could say. >> harris: in the house, democratic leader nancy pelosi waved off demands for congressman conyers to step dow down. >> we are strengthened by due process. just because someone is accused in one accusation, i think there has to be -- john conyers is an icon in our country. he has done a great deal to protect women and violence against women. the right wing is now quoting me is praising him for his work on that and he did great work on that. >> harris: twitter lit up with fire. pelosi later issued a statement in writing in part "we are all having a watershed

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